Editing Apache County, Arizona (section)

==Geography==
[[File:AAAIMG 0879.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Apache County, Arizona.]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|11218|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|11198|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|21|sqmi}} (0.2%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_04.txt |access-date=August 23, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The county is the third-largest county by area in Arizona and the [[List of the largest counties in the United States by area|sixth-largest in the United States]] (excluding [[List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska|boroughs and census areas in Alaska]]).

Apache County contains parts of each of the [[Navajo Nation|Navajo Indian Reservation]] and the [[Fort Apache Indian Reservation]], and landholdings of the [[Zuni Indian Reservation]] that are not contiguous to their main territory. It also contains part of [[Petrified Forest National Park]]. [[Canyon de Chelly National Monument]] is entirely within the county and within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation.

===Adjacent counties===
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* [[Greenlee County, Arizona|Greenlee County]] – south
* [[Graham County, Arizona|Graham County]] – south
* [[Navajo County, Arizona|Navajo County]] – west
* [[Montezuma County, Colorado]] – northeast
* [[San Juan County, Utah]] – north
* [[San Juan County, New Mexico]] – east
* [[McKinley County, New Mexico]] – east
* [[Cibola County, New Mexico]] – east
* [[Catron County, New Mexico]] – east
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Apache County is one of three U.S. counties (the others being [[Wayne County, West Virginia]] and [[Cook County, Illinois]]) to border two counties of the same name, neither of which is in the same state as the county itself ([[San Juan County, Utah]] and [[San Juan County, New Mexico]]).

===Indian reservations===
Apache County has the most land designated as [[Indian reservation]] of any county in the United States. ([[Coconino County, Arizona|Coconino County]] and  [[Navajo County, Arizona|Navajo County]] are a close second and third.) The county has {{convert|19,857.34|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} of reservation territory, or 68.34 percent of its total area. The reservations are, in descending order of area within the county, the [[Navajo Nation]], the [[Fort Apache Indian Reservation]], and the [[Zuni Indian Reservation]], all of which are partly located within the county.

===National protected areas===
[[File:Canyon de Chelly White House Ruin Close View 2006 09 07.jpg|thumb|White House Ruin at [[Canyon de Chelly National Monument]]]]
* [[Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest]] (part)
* [[Canyon de Chelly National Monument]]
* [[Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site]]
* [[Petrified Forest National Park]] (part)